Card receptacle



2l, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l H. E. OSBORN CARD RECEPTACLE Filed Deo.

April 18, 1939.

April 18, 1939. H. E. osBoRN CARD RECEPTACLE 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Deo. 2l, 1936 J f 3%/ ZEW m6 w 6,/ @M l 10? Patented Apr. 18, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 6 Claims.

This invention relates to card containers or receptacles, and, in its chief intended use, has been designed as a device for attachment to railway cars to safely and securely contain and protect from loss or injury the so-called defect cards, which are cards issued by a car inspector denoting defects in the car that must be remedied. Until very recently these cards have been merely nailed or tacked on the side of the car.

Among the objects of the present invention are, to provide a card holder of very strong, rugged and simple construction, to provide a card holder that shall be fully dirt and weather proof, that is, will prevent access of dust, cinders, rain or snow and the like to the interior of the holder, to provide a holder and a lid or cover therefor that will present no obstructions at the entrance opening of the holder and will facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the cards, and to provide an improved hinged lid that, in case its hinge should become clogged by rust or by ice in cold weather and stick, may be readily opened by a light blow of a hammer or other tool.

Still other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent to persons familiar with receptacles of this character from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein I have disclosed an illustrative embodiment of the novel features of the invention by which the stated objects are attained, and in which- Fig. 1 is a front elevation.

Fig. 2 is a top plan.

Fig. 3 is an end elevation viewed from the left of Fig. l.

Fig. 4 is an end elevation viewed from the right of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged vertical transverse section through the hinge of the cover or lid, on the line 5 5 of Fig. 6. l

Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 6-5 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 7 is a vertical transverse section through the body of the box on the line I-'I of Fig. l.

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 1, showing the lid in fully opened position.

Fig. 9 is a longitudinal section through the body of the box, on the line 9-9 of Fig. 8.

Fig. 10 is a rear elevation.

Fig. 11 is a cross section through the lid or cover on the line II-II of Fig. 1.

The improved card receptacle forming the subject matter of this invention comprises two main elements, a preferably rectangular box body having top, bottom and side wal1s, and an end Wall, the body being open at its other end, and a. lid or cover, preferably of U-shape in cross section, for closing and effectively sealing the open end of the body against the ingress of dust, dirt and moisture. The body and cover are preferably, although not necessarily, of cast metal, malleable iron being preferred on account of its cheapness and freedom from liability of accidental breakage.

In the drawings, A designates as an entirety the body of the receptacle, and B the lid or cover. The body comprises a` top wall I 0, a bottom wall II, a front side wall I2, a rear side the body being open throughout the full height of the body. On the top and bottom walls I0 and II are apertured attachment lugs I5 and I6 respectively. Also Yon the top ywall IB is an upwardly extending hollow hinge lug I1, transversely apertured for the passage of a hinge pintle I8. Preferably, and as best shown in Figs. 7 and 10, the rear 'wall I3 of the body is slightly countersunk or inset, so that, when the receptacle is attached to a wall of a railway car, it bears against the latter at its edges only.

The lid or cover comprises side walls I9 and 20 and a transverse wall 2|. These walls are extended above the top wall I0 of the body to form a hollow cooperating hinge lug 22 that straddles the hinge lug I'I as clearly shown in Fig. 6, and is also apertured for the passage of the pintle I8. Encircling the pintle I8 within the hollow lug I'I is a torsion spring 23, one end of which, as best shown in Fig. 5, bears on the top wall I0 of the body, and the other end of which bears on a transverse stop shoulder 24 on the inner surface of the hinge lug 22. From this construction it will be evident that the spring normally urges the lid to the closed position shown in Figs. 1 and 10.

An important object of this invention has been to provide a closure for the open end of the receptacle that, without requiring any special packing, would be as nearly dust and moisture proof as possible, so as to preserve the cards within the receptacle clean and dry. To this end, I have so constructed the walls of the open end portion of the body and the walls of the lid or cover as to provide Z-joints for the most part at their contacting portions when the lid is closed. I have also aimed to so form the open end portion of the body as to facilitate the insertion and withdrawal of the cards. By reference to Fig. 8, it will be observed that the free ends of the side walls I2 wall I3, and an end wall I4, the opposite end of 5.15

and I3 are formed with cutoutsv 25 and 26 respectively, the metal bordering said cutouts being preferably slightly raised on the outer sides of the Walls I2 and I3 to make a close sliding t With the side walls of the lid. The cutout 25 extends to the bottom wall of the body, while the cutout 26 terminates some distance above said bottom Wall. This provides a portion I3' of the rear wall I3 that serves as a guide when inserting a card or bunch of cards in the receptacle; and, of course, assuming that the length of the cards is approximately equal to the internal length of the receptacle, the cutouts 25 and 26 facilitate access to the ends of the cards for their Withdrawal.

The metaly forming the side walls I9 and 20 of the lid is locally oifset to form weatherproong insets 21 and 28, best shown in Fig. 11, the free edge portions of which, when the lid is closed,

contact with the edges of the cutouts 25 and 26 respectively. The lid is so hinged on the body that, when it is closed, its side walls overlap the sidewalls of the body at the open end of the latter,

the transverse wall 2I of the lid contacts with the free ends of the top and bottom walls I0 and II of the body (Figs. 1 and 5), While the free edges the side walls I2 and I3 respectively. This construction provides a very efiicient seal for the open end of the receptacle, making difficult the access of dust, cinders, rain or snow.

The hinge spring 23 is preferably a powerful spring so as to strongly hold the lid in closed position against partial opening under the rattling and ljarring movements of the car, and to facilitate the manual opening of the lid I provide on Vare attained, will be apparent from the foregoing description of a preferred embodiment thereof, taken in connection` with the drawings. Variations and modications of the details may obviously be resorted to Within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

i. A card receptacle of the character described, comprising a rectangular body having top, bottom and side walls, and an end wall, said body being open at its. other end and the free edges of said side walls having cut-outs to facilitate withdrawal of the cards, a lid of U-shape crosssection so hinged at one end thereof to said body that, when closed, its side Walls overlap the side walls of the body at the open end of the latter, and Weather proofing insets on the inner sides of the. side walls of said lid the edges of which make contact with the edges of said cut-outs when the lid is closed.

and side walls, and an end Wall, said body being open at its other end and the free edges of said side walls having cut-outs to facilitate Withdrawal of the cards, the side Walls of said body having transverse ribs on its outer sides in rear of said cut-outs, a lid of U-shape cross-section so hinged at one end thereof to said body that, when closed, its side walls overlap the side walls of the body at the open end of the latter and the free edges of said side walls contact said ribs, and insets on the inner sides of the side walls of said lid the edges of which make contact With the edges of said cut-outs when the lid is closed.

3. A defect card holder, comprising a rectangular body having top, bottom and sidewalls, and an end wall, said body being open at its other end and the free edges of said side Walls having cut-outs to facilitate insertion and Withdrawal of the cards, the cut-out in the front wall extending to the bottom` of the receptacle and the cutout in the rear wall terminating above said bottorn wall, the portion of the rear Wall beneath said last named cut-out serving as a guide when inserting cards in the receptacle, and a lid of U-shape cross-section so hinged at its upper end to the top of said body that, when closed, its side walls overlap and cover both of said cut-outs.

A defect card holder, comprising a rectanguiar body having top, bottom and side Walls, end wall, said body being open at its other end, and the free edges of said side walls having cnt-outs to facilitate insertion and withdrawal of the cards, the cut-out in the front wall extending to the bottom of the receptacle and the cut-out in the rear wall terminating above said bottom wall, the portion of the rear Wall beneath said last named cut-out serving as a guide when inserting cards in the receptacle, and a lid of U-shape cross-section so hinged at its upper end above the top wall of said body that, when closed, its side walls overlap and cover both of said cut-outs, and its transverse Wall contacts with the free ends of the top and bottom walls of said body.

5. A card receptacle of the character described, comprising a rectangular body having top, bottom and side walls, and an end Wall, said body being open at its other end, a lid of U-shape crosssection so hinged at one end thereof to said body that, when closed, its side Walls overlap the side wails of the body at the open end of. the latter, a spring urging said lid to closed position, a thumbpiece on the front side wall of said lid to facilitate the opening thereof, and an extension lug on the free end of said lid adapted to be struck by a hammer or like tool in the event that the lid sticks.

6. A card receptacle of the character described, comprising a rectangular body having top, bottom and side walls, an end wall and a hollow hinge lug on and extending above said top wall, said body being open at its other end, a lid of U- shape cross-section for closing the open end of said body, the side Walls of said lid straddling said hinge lug, a hinge pintle extending through. said side wall of the lid and said lug, and a lidclosing spring housed in said lug.

HOWARD E. OSBORN. 

